Nas - 40-16 Building lyrics

[Intro] That '70s heroin, heroin pressed on Teflon [Verse 1] I got so many kids in the game, it's like a gender revealing I got that feeling, Lionel Richie, dancin' on the ceilin' Hope it resemble a Van Gogh when you paint me the villain The hate is real but you should know that the love is way realer Crafty with a pen way before I could pack 'em in Nasty with dreads, a slim teen, young, I was passionate A brand new book cracklin' sound when you open, I'm writin' gems I make gospel in thе booth it might sound like I'm writin' hymns Put designer with thе Timbs, wow They wanna run with my style 40-16 Building bussin' 'em down And the fiends was like employees bringin' customers 'round Hurricane waters, ni**as had dreams of flooding the town Weather report lookin' rainy but I skate through it daily In a new grey Mercedes, waterproof Jordan Laneys I'm sizzlin', scorchin', handsomely how they gotta pay me Every recording off the head, I’m in the studio lately! [Chorus] Nas, Nas I don't bang but I'm makin' that Crip Let my b*tch run in the Webster while I blaze in the whip [Verse 2] Take my quotes, I'm here to give hope Start a company from one of my phrases We in the age of lettin' dumb sh*t kill your kingdom Body bags for no reason, young sh*t, blunts lit Slurring off of the Seagram's, hell with it Creep through the shadows, eyes wide open, Thai still smokin' Break screechin', he's tweakin' He see himself way different than we see him He speak as if these mean streets was only his region sh*t, everybody’s squeezin' ni**as know what I came in this game with, I'm not a entertainer That's just a disclaimer for what I'm 'bout to say Famous people sayin' they hate bein' famous, millionaires hate it People take just to feel like they made it Whoever claim that you changed 'cause the money came They'd do the same if they saw they name on a hundred thangs Pardon the haters, it's my billi behavior If they don't say I'm the G.O.A.T, that's just silly behavior [Bridge] It's the ones you grew up with, that's with the dumb sh*t They want you slumped 'cause you get love, ain't that some sh*t? Twenty trucks at the awards, we be movin' so crazy I don't buy into the hype, I'm in the studio lately! It's the ones you grew up with, that's with the dumb sh*t They want you slumped 'cause you get love, ain't that some sh*t? Twenty trucks at the awards, we be movin' so crazy I don't buy into the hype, I'm in the studio lately! [Chorus] Nas, Nas I don't bang but I'm makin' that Crip Let my b*tch run in the Webster while I blaze in the whip [Outro] I'm outta here I told ni**as I was in rare form on the last album I ain't playin' out here It's not a game, woo!